Java XML Element Get by Name getElementByName(Element parent, String nodeName)

Description

get Element By Name

License

Open Source License

Declaration

static public Element getElementByName(Element parent, String nodeName) 

Method Source Code

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import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

public class Main {
    static public Element getElementByName(Element parent, String nodeName) {
        NodeList nodes = parent.getElementsByTagName(nodeName);
        if (nodes.getLength() == 0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot find node " + nodeName);

        return ((Element) nodes.item(0));
    }
}

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